| 4:00pm | “True Tears” Fans: OP and ED On Sale at iTunes |  | | | From ANN: Bandai Entertainment has announced on Tuesday that music from the sola and true tears anime series are now availabe in Apple’s iTunes Store in the United States. Currently, the store offers Aira Yuki’s “Colorless Wind” and “Koi Shika Nakatta” songs from... | | |
| 11:30pm | 57 Fall Anime -- story, staff, cast, trailer, pic | | | | There are more new shows this fall than in any season over the past few years. But I'm not sure the quality -- or at least the appeal to my taste -- will be that high. I don't see any shows I expect to be as good as the great shows of this past summer season, such as Aoi Hana and Bakemonogatari. But... | | |
| 12:19am | 53RG10’s Top Ten Anime Song {Spring ‘09} | | | | Pixiv Sauce: http://www.pixiv.net/member_il lust.php?mode=medium&illus t_id=3542994 Although I listened to a lot of music this season, I can’t say I listened to every OP and ED for every anime this time. And that is because I was listening to THE iDOLM@STER tracks more than anythingand that... | | |
| 11:18pm | Summer '09 Previews | | | | With several shows that I enjoy carrying on from spring; add 14 new ones, plus Haruhi new episodes, Zetsubou Sensei 3rd and Ookami 2nd season; this summer looks very promising! The highlights are of course Canaan from the Type-Moon team, Umineko from Higurashi creators and SHAFT's second TV show this... | | |
| 5:43am | Welcome to Wakaba-soh Volume 01 - Thoughts & Impressions | | | | Many thanks to Yen Press for providing a review copy About the Mangaka Abeno Chako is a member of the doujin group Kappa Kurieito. And has worked in both the manga and visual novel field. Some of her more notable works are Mai-Otome Zwei, Sola and White Album. About the Manga I had no idea this was... | | |
| 5:11am | Why, Hello Spring 2009 | | | | Oh Mah Gawd, she’s so lightning. Rather than do a Spring preview What is Spring really about? The lightning and shining of youth? nai nai nai what is Spring 2009 about? I have no clue [, but if you ask me later I'll probably say fantasy girls]oh well I’ll just give my take on premise appeal... | | |
| 12:40pm | Spring 2009 Anime Preview | | | | It’s that time again: It’s time to look at what anime is airing in the Spring 2009 season. Shows are listed in alphabetical order. There are 5 possible levels of ratings that I’ll give a show:Will BlogMay Blog (presumes Will Watch)Will WatchMay WatchWon’t Watch As usual, I’m leaving out anything... | | |
| 12:40pm | Spring 2009 Anime Preview | | | | It’s that time again: It’s time to look at what anime is airing in the Spring 2009 season. Shows are listed in alphabetical order. There are 5 possible levels of ratings that I’ll give a show:Will BlogMay Blog (presumes Will Watch)Will WatchMay WatchWon’t Watch As usual, I’m leaving out anything... | | |
| 2:04am | Using Takarazuka Revue to Focus on Genre Tropes | | | | Takarazuka Revue. Tropes. Get it? Actually this is just answering a call from Gia, who wonders if people would play blog ping pong with her (ideally on AnimeVice, natch): Find some Takarazuka elements in shoujo manga or anime series– OTHER than the following: Utena, Princess Knight, Rose of Versailles.... | | |
| 4:13pm | Choice harems, Stripey’s picks | | | | White Album has clinched the much coveted attribute of ‘Choice Harem’ on The Tanuki’s anime list. This happens when the Striped One deems 3 or more girls within the harem setup to be worthy of pursue. WA was elevated to such an exalted position via the combined charms of Rina, Yuki... | | |
| 7:00am | New York Comic Con ‘09 - Day 2 in Tweets |  | | | Sold out, Jason Thompson OEL, Bandai goes digital, Yotsuba&! vol. 6, FUNimation’s popularity, and Ani-bloggers go out for a huge dinner. What do you get when you stick tens of thousands of geeks into a single building? Tens of thousands of iPhones killing my AT&T internet connection,... | | |
| 3:08am | 39 New Winter Anime -- full previews: staff, cast, pic, story, trailer | | | | The winter season is usually the least exciting of the year, but there are always surprises. Last year, there were true tears and Spice & Wolf. Here are some of this year's possibilities, followed by a complete preview of almost all the new shows:-- Genji Monogatari Sennenki is a new anime based... | | |
| 10:48pm | Yozakura Quartet ep. 11-12 [END] + Review |  | | | HIIIIZUUUUUMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII II [ Episode 11: Your Front ] Fuck yeah, shota god. You actually did something cool for once. And whoa, an actual fight scene between Kyousuke and that other guy. It was pretty short, but sweet nonetheless. But where the fuck did Touka come from? Did Hige (the bearded... | | |
| 4:48am | At least she didn’t die | | | | This ALWAYS happens! Whenever I REALLY like a character, something bad’ll happen to them. This started all the way back to Sailor moon. I liked Tomoe, but then she just HAD to go and kill herself. You can keep reading but just keep in mind that there are a lot of spoilers here. In Fate/stay... | | |
| 8:00am | Twelve Moments in Anime 2008 - #02: the two tales of ef | | | | “Seventeen years it had taken him to learn?what kind of meaning was hidden beneath the walls of text. O cruel, needless pretentiousness! O stubborn, self-willed exile from the world of logic and sensibility! Two gin-scented tears trickled down the sides of his nose. But it was all right, everything... | | |
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